Jungle Comics
#19
(July 1941)
Fiction House,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Every month
- On-sale Date
- 1941-05-06
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Glen Kel Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Fiction House Magazines
- Editing
- Malcolm Reiss (credited) (editor); Gene Fawcette (credited) (art director)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 3.
Revolt of the Man-Apes!
Kaänga / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan Zolnerowich (signed)
- Inks
- Dan Zolnerowich (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Kaänga; Ann Mason
- Reprints
in 
[no title indexed]
Kaänga / comic story / 9 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The great chief, Hatulangi, has sent his men into the jungle to fight his enemies.
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Kaänga; Ann Mason; Hatulangi
- Synopsis
- Kaänga persuades Hatulangi to call of his jungle raids if Kaänga can bring him the Sacred Skull. After he has done so, he must also rescue Ann from a gorilla.
- Keywords
- pygmies; stereotyping of African natives; the Sacred Skull
Indexer Notes
This story appears to have been made by cutting and pasting other stories together. Hatuglangi, marauding pygmies, the Sacred Skull, and a gorilla kidnapping Ann all have nothing to do with each other.
[no title indexed]
The Red Panther / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- An erupting volcano pours molten lava over the jungle.
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- The Red Panther
- Synopsis
- The Red Panther battles a leopard-killing gorilla.
- Keywords
- gorillas; volcanos
Indexer Notes
The Red Panther acquires a new costume and leopard companions in this story. The costume consists of a leopard-print loin cloth and a leopard headdress. No explanation is given for either change.
[no title indexed]
Tabu, Wizard of the Jungle / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ? [as "Mack"]
- Pencils
- Joe Doolin
- Inks
- Joe Doolin
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tabu, sensing evil forces at work, makes a small magic fire.
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Tabu; Jobo (elephant)
- Synopsis
- Tabu rescues a safari seeking the Temple of the Green Buddha from cannibals.
- Keywords
- bondage; cannibalism; stereotyping of African natives; the Temple of the Green Buddha; witch doctors
[no title indexed]
Camilla / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Victor Ibsen (house name)
- Pencils
- Bob Hebberd ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- With Eric, her Viking ally, Camilla explores the vast lake bordering her empire.
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- Camilla; Eric
- Synopsis
- Camilla and her Vikings encounter a hostile black tribe during their explorations of the lost empire's lake.
- Keywords
- longboats; stereotyping of African natives; Vikings
[no title indexed]
Jungle Facts / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, a-snagging the flies with the greatest of ease.
- Genre
- non-fiction; jungle; nature
- Synopsis
- Brief natural histories of the chameleon, the green mamba, and the python.
- Keywords
- chameleons; green mambas; lizards; pythons; snakes
[no title indexed]
Captain Terry Thunder / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Terry's friends are only acting for his good own good when they decide to plan his next campaign...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Terry Thunder; Kismet; Anderson the Arab; Vincent
- Synopsis
- During a siege of the fort by Arabs, a mutiny by one of Terry's men is planned.
- Keywords
- airplanes; stereotyping of African natives; stereotyping of Arabs; Yabas (African tribe)
[no title indexed]
Simba / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Homeward bound from a waterhole, Simba, far in the lead, does not sense the danger his cub has seen.
- Genre
- animal; jungle
- Characters
- Simba; Simba's cub
- Synopsis
- Simba protects a prospector and his daughter (who has befriended Simba's cub) from murderous thieves.
- Keywords
- gnus; gold panning; jackals; whips
[no title indexed]
Wambi, The Jungle Boy / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In the village of the Wungi, Balla the chief is challenged to a fight for leadership by Daga...
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Wambi; Balla; Daga; von Deutch; Namu (lion); Tawn (elephant); Jono (hippopotamus)
- Synopsis
- Wambi helps restore an exiled chief to his village and foils a plan to stir up a jungle war.
- Keywords
- automobiles; Azus (African tribe); bondage; mongooses; stereotyping of Germans; Wungis (African tribe); zebras
Indexer Notes
The ink lines seem heavier than those in earlier issues, casting some doubt on the Kiefer credit.
[no title indexed]
Fantomah / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- She finds a witch doctor and two servants dragging a black panther to a cave.
- Genre
- jungle; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Fantomah; Fury (leopard); Guluba
- Synopsis
- The witch doctor Guluba shrinks Fantomah and her new pet, Fury, to the size of mice. Fury protects Fantomah until she can break the spell. Guluba transforms himself into a leopard and is killed by Fury.
- Keywords
- bondage; leopards; rats; shape shifting; shrinking; stereotyping of African natives; whips; witch doctors
[no title indexed]
Roy Lance / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Holding the tiller of his new outboard motor, Roy heads his dugout canoe toward his camp...
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Roy Lance; Bambo; Old Jeff
- Synopsis
- A pair of natives, seeking a white man to capture, forcing the police to release their chief's son, meet their match in Roy and his new outboard motor.
- Keywords
- canoes; outboard motors; rafts; stereotyping of African natives
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Revolt of the Man-Apes!
Kaänga -
1.
["The great chief, Hatulangi, has sent his men into the jungle to fight his enemies."]
Kaänga -
2.
["An erupting volcano pours molten lava over the jungle."]
The Red Panther -
3.
["Tabu, sensing evil forces at work, makes a small magic fire."]
Tabu, Wizard of the Jungle -
4.
["With Eric, her Viking ally, Camilla explores the vast lake bordering her empire."]
Camilla -
5.
["Oh, a-snagging the flies with the greatest of ease."]
Jungle Facts -
6.
Temple of Black Death
-
7.
["Terry's friends are only acting for his good own good when they decide to plan his next campaign..."]
Captain Terry Thunder -
8.
["Homeward bound from a waterhole, Simba, far in the lead, does not sense the danger his cub has seen."]
Simba -
9.
["In the village of the Wungi, Balla the chief is challenged to a fight for leadership by Daga..."]
Wambi, The Jungle Boy -
10.
["She finds a witch doctor and two servants dragging a black panther to a cave."]
Fantomah -
11.
["Holding the tiller of his new outboard motor, Roy heads his dugout canoe toward his camp..."]
Roy Lance
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Katy Hayhurst
- Michael Hoskin
- Donald Dale Milne
- Tony R. Rose
- Patrick Shaughnessy
- Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (R.I.P.)
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